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Statutory Rules 1982 No. 1631

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Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973.

Dated 25 June 1982.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

WAL FIFE

Minister of State for Aviation
for and on behalf of the Prime Minister

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Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations.

Repeal of Maternity Leave (Australian Government Employees) Regulations

2. Statutory Rules 1974 No. 82 and Statutory Rules 1978 No. 107 are repealed.

Interpretation

3. In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees Act 1973.

Prescribed authorities

4. For the purposes of the definition of “prescribed authority” in section 3 of the Act—

(a) a body corporate specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 in an item in that Schedule is declared to be a body corporate; and

(b) an unincorporated body specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 in and item in that Schedule is declared to be an unincorporated body,

in relation to which the Act applies.

Unauthorized absence

5. For the purposes of sub-section 3 (2) of the Act, and absence from duty by an employee, being an absence in respect of which leave has not been granted in pursuance of a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory (other than the Northern Territory), or any instrument made or issued under such a law, that provides for terms and conditions of employment that are applicable to that employee is an unauthorized absence in relation to that employee.

Prescribed person

6. For the purposes of paragraph 5 (1) (b) of the Act—

(a) a person who constitutes, or is a member of, or a person employed by, a body corporate or an unincorporated body referred to in regulation 4; or

(b) a person specified in column 2 of Schedule 3 in an item in that Schedule,

is a prescribed person.

SCHEDULE 1 Paragraph 4 (a)

PRESCRIBED AUTHORITIES—BODIES CORPORATE

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Body corporate
1	Aboriginal Development Commission
2	Aboriginal Land Councils
3	Advisory Council for Inter-Government Relations
4	Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation
5	Australia Council
6	Australian Atomic Energy Commission
7	Australian Broadcasting Commission
8	Australian Canned Fruits Corporation
9	Australian Capital Territory Electricity Authority
10	Australian Dairy Corporation
11	Australian Dried Fruits Corporation
12	Australian Film Commission
13	Australian Honey Board
14	Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
15	Australian Institute of Criminology
16	Australian Institute of Marine Science
17	Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs
18	Australian Maritime College
19	Australian National Gallery
20	Australian National Railways Commission
21	Australian Overseas Projects Corporation
22	Australian Postal Commission
23	Australian Shipping Commission
24	Australian Telecommunications Commission
25	Australian Tobacco Board
26	Australian Tourist Commission
27	Australian Trade Union Training Authority
28	Canberra Showground Trust
29	Canberra Theatre Trust
30	Capital Territory Health Commission
31	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
32	Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Commission
33	Export Finance and Insurance Corporation
34	Housing Loans Insurance Corporation
35	Law Reform Commission
36	Legal Aid Commission (A.C.T.)
37	Metric Conversion Board
38	Milk Authority of the Australian Capital Territory
39	National Capital Development Commission
40	National Companies and Securities Commission
41	National Standards Commission
42	Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia)
43	Parliament House Construction Authority
44	Pipeline Authority
45	Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation
46	Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority
47	The Australian Film and Television School
48	The Trustees of the Canberra Public Cemetery
49	The Trustees of the Services Canteens Trust Fund

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SCHEDULE 2 Paragraph 4 (b)

PRESCRIBED AUTHORITIES—UNINCORPORATED BODIES

Column 1

Item

Column 2

Unincorporated body

High Court of Australia

Institute of Family Studies

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SCHEDULE 3 Paragraph 6 (b)

PRESCRIBED PERSONS

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Person
1	Full-time member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
2	Auditor-General for the Commonwealth
3	Australian Statistician
4	Chief Australian Electoral Officer
5	Deputy Chief Australian Electoral Officer
6	Australian Electoral Officer for a State
7	Full-time member of the Australian Film Commission
8	A person employed in the Australian Security Intelligence Organization
9	Chairman of the Australian Science and Technology Council
10	Full-time Deputy Chairman of the Australian Science and Technology Council
11	Managing Director of the Army and Air Force Canteen Service Board of Management
12	A person employed by the Army and Air Force Canteen Service Board of Management
13	Member of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal
14	Executive Director of the Special Broadcasting Service
15	Full-time member of the Commonwealth Grants Commission
16	Member of the Australian Federal Police
17	Commissioner for Employees’ Compensation
18	Deputy President of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission
19	Commissioner of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission
20	Director of the Industrial Relations Bureau
21	Member of the Courts-Martial Appeal Tribunal
22	Magistrate exercising the jurisdiction of the Court of Petty Sessions in the Australian Capital Territory
23	Director of the Curriculum Development Centre
24	Member of the Censorship Board
25	Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region
26	Fire Commissioner of the Australian Capital Territory Fire Brigade
27	Member of the Australian Capital Territory Fire Brigade
28	Chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
29	Member of a Board of Review under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
30	Commissioner of the Industries Assistance Commission
31	Associate Commissioner of the Industries Assistance Commission
32	Full-time member of the Temporary Assistance Authority
33	Insurance Commissioner
34	Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth
35	Life Insurance Commissioner
36	Director-General of the National Library of Australia
37	Director of National Parks and Wildlife
38	A person employed in a civil capacity under the Naval Defence Act 1910
39	Administrator of Norfolk Island
40	Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia
41	Director-General of the Office of National Assessments
42	Commonwealth Ombudsman
43	Deputy Commonwealth Ombudsman
44	First Parliamentary Counsel
45	Second Parliamentary Counsel
46	Public Service Arbitrator
47	Deputy Public Service Arbitrator
48	Member of the Public Service Board
49	Commissioner for Community Relations
50	Member of the Repatriation Commission
51	Full-time member of a Repatriation Board
52	Full-time member of the Repatriation Review Tribunal
53	A person to whom a commission has been issued under the Royal Commissions Act 1902
54	Chief Education Officer of the Australian Capital Territory
55	Full-time member of the Commonwealth Schools Commission
56	Commissioner for Superannuation
57	Chairman of the Superannuation Fund Investment Trust
58	A person employed under section 10 of the Supply and Development Act 1939
59	Commissioner of Taxation
60	Second Commissioner of Taxation
61	Full-time Commissioner of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission
62	Trade Commissioner
63	Assistant Trade Commissioner
64	Executive member of the Export Development Grants Board
66	A person employed at a non-official post office, including a telephone office keeper and a non-official post mistress

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 July 1982.